Three metro Atlanta residents have been indicted on bank fraud conspiracy and identity theft charges for allegedly stealing Wachvoia Bank account numbers and draining thousands of dollars from the accounts. Yolanda Denise Scott, 31, of Hampton, Ga., and Germaine Monroe, 57, of Atlanta, have made initial appearances in court. A third defendant charged in the…
Category: ID Theft
ID theft ring targeted Dobbins servicemen
DeKalb County Police have arrested two women and secured warrants for three others who took part in an organized identity theft ring that stole more than $50,000 from members of the U.S. Air Force. Detectives believe that in 2007 the group gained access to the secured member roster of the 80th Aerial Port Squadron based…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Gordon County authorities have arrested Sharon Kay Hoisington and charged her with two counts of receiving stolen property, and 12 counts of identity fraud. She is also the subject of investigations by the Calhoun Police, Murray County, Whitfield County, Bartow County Sheriff’s Offices, and the Dalton and Cartersville Police Departments. More….
3,300 false tax returns file in names of prisoners
So…. would you count this one as a government breach? A former Chicago man living in Israel since 2003, two of his sons and a son-in-law living in Chicago and Los Angeles were arrested and are among 10 defendants indicted on federal tax fraud conspiracy charges for allegedly seeking to obtain more than $35 million…
Dr.InfoSec helps solve school data breach
Although the school district is not named, this sounds like the Fayetteville breach recently reported… On July 29th, as I was following up on a story that flashed across my Twitter stream about 30 certified employees of a school district finding themselves victims of ID theft, I found something that should not have been there….
Last conspirator in $5 million fraud ring sentenced
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that all seven conspirators have now been sentenced for stealing more than $5 million through a fraud scheme involving identity theft and credit card, bank and mortgage fraud. The scheme, led by Abdul Hameed of Houston Texas, involved the use of at least…